 Media Credit: The Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections Department Al Gore, vice president under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001, campaigned for the Democratic nomination for president in 1988 and ran for president in 2000. Gore visited Brandeis during his campaign for president in 1987. Left, Gore speaks with Brandeis students.
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 Media Credit: The Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections Department Angela Davis '65 returned to campus as a speaker in 1987 and 1995. Davis ran for vice president on the Communist ticket with Gus Hall in 1980 and 1984.
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 Media Credit: The Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections Department Robert Reich served as the United States Secretary of Labor between 1993 and 1997, when he joined the Brandeis faculty. Left, Reich teaches a class in the Heller School for Social Policy.
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 Media Credit: The Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections Department Harry Truman, 33rd president of the United States, was the Brandeis Commencement speaker in 1957. Truman is pictured above with Abram Sachar and Eleanor Roosevelt during commencment.
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 Media Credit: Justin Backal-Balik The Brandeis Democrats campaigned for Massachusetts State Representative Jamie Eldridge. Above, the Democrats with Governor Deval Patrick at an Eldridge rally in February 2008.
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 Media Credit: Justin Backal-Balik Brandeis Students for Barack Obama supported Obama's candidacy for president long before the Democratic primaries. Above, students with Michelle Obama at an Obama rally in New Hampshire in October 2007.
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 Media Credit: Justin Backal-Balik Some Brandeis Democrats supported Massachusetts senator John Kerry's candidacy for president before Barack Obama cinched the nomination. Right, Brandeis Democrats pictured with Kerry in October 2007.
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From Harry Truman to Al Gore, dozens of politicians and presidential candidates have made appearances on the Brandeis campus. On Election Day 2008, the Justice looks back on 60 years of Brandeis' political involvement.
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